Friday, April 23, 2010

Did Gothic architecture reflect a change in Church theology?


Gothic architecture did reflect a change in Church theology. Gothic architecture changed from the Romanesque architecture. The Romanesque architecture was much more dark but the Gothic architecture had more light and windows and was more positive. When the churches started to be more Gothic it made the church theology more positive and they didn't think of the end of the world coming. In the Romanesque architecture there would sometimes be on the front of the church as you walk in a picture of Jesus on judgement day. they would always be prepared for the end of the world so they taught people to be careful of what they do because judgement day might be coming soon. Now with the Gothic style there was more hope. They let much more light into the church. they would also look on the more positive things and not look on judgement day coming.

source:
Art Prehistory, Contemporary Art Oceanic/Pacific. "Gothic Art | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Metmuseum.org. Web. 25 Apr. 2010. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mgot/hd_mgot.htm

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